Ugaritic texts

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Northwest Semitic literature ancient texts archaeological discovery corpus of writings

Ugaritic texts are a corpus of Late Bronze Age writings from the ancient city of Ugarit that illuminate Northwest Semitic language, religion, and mythology.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ugaritic mythological corpus 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Semitic literature ⓘ
ancient texts ⓘ
archaeological discovery ⓘ
corpus of writings ⓘ
associatedWithSite Ugarit NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalPeriod Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsGenre administrative records ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
lexical lists ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
mythological texts ⓘ
onomastica ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ
currentLocation British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Museum of Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
dating circa 14th to 12th century BCE ⓘ
discoveredAt Ras Shamra archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredInYear 1928 ⓘ
featuresDeity Anat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asherah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baal NERFINISHED ⓘ
El NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yam NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundInStructure Royal Palace of Ugarit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Baal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Dagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
private libraries ⓘ
importantMythCycle Aqhat Epic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baal Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keret Epic NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Semitic NERFINISHED ⓘ
material clay tablets ⓘ
modernCountry Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernLocation Ras Shamra NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfSigns about 30 signs ⓘ
relatedToLanguage Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenician NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContent Canaanite religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ugaritic pantheon ⓘ
scriptDirection written from left to right ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic cuneiform ⓘ
significance illuminate Canaanite religion ⓘ
illuminate Northwest Semitic language ⓘ
illuminate ancient Near Eastern mythology ⓘ
provide background to Hebrew Bible ⓘ
writingSystem Ugaritic cuneiform script NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Ugaritic language NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Resheph → mentionedIn → Ugaritic texts ⓘ
Yam → sourceText → Ugaritic texts ⓘ
El (in some traditions) → mentionedIn → Ugaritic texts ⓘ
subject surface form: El
Shalim → attestedIn → Ugaritic texts ⓘ
Shalim → mythologicalCycle → Ugaritic texts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ugaritic mythological corpus
Alashiya → mentionedIn → Ugaritic texts ⓘ
Dagan → mentionedIn → Ugaritic texts ⓘ